Cornell University said Tuesday it is bringing on a former Justice Department official to review its handling of sexual misconduct claims, including the alleged 2024 sexual assault of a former student at a fraternity house. The review will look not just at that specific incident, but also more broadly at “how the University prevents and…
Jane Doe’s attorney argues she was “incapable of consent” because she was “completely, grossly intoxicated” when she arrived at a Cornell fraternity house the night she was allegedly raped in October 2024. “She didn’t have consent from the time she walked in the door; she was incapable of consent,” her lawyer, Thomas Giuffra, told CBS…
Editor’s warning: Some of the details in this story are graphic. Chi Phi fraternity members shared a photo of the alleged victim in the Cornell University gang rape on Snapchat the night of the alleged assault, according to social media images obtained by CBS News. In the photo, obtained through Jane Doe’s attorney, she appears…
More information is coming to light about what the people at the center of the Cornell University alleged rape case said in the days and weeks after the incident. CBS News New York obtained a Title IX record from a source that includes Jane Doe’s account, interviews with six of the seven men named in…
New York Attorney General Letitia James will serve as special prosecutor in the Cornell University alleged rape case. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order for the appointment Thursday. “Newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation conducted by the Cornell Police Department and the decision by the Tompkins County District Attorney…
CBS News has examined hundreds of pages of transcripts obtained by CBS News New York of the Title IX investigation conducted by Cornell University into the allegations made by a former student who claims she was drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in October 2024. The 565 pages of transcripts were obtained by CBS…
Text messages and documents from the investigation are providing new details about the night a then-20-year-old Cornell student known as Jane Doe says she was raped by multiple men at a fraternity house in October 2024. This timeline of her account is based on messages obtained by CBS News, a lengthy interview transcript with campus…
Cornell University has agreed to hire outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation into the 2024 alleged gang rape case, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. In a social media post, Hochul said she called for the investigation, and the university’s president agreed. Hochul said she expected the university to make the announcement soon. Hochul also…
According to a Cornell police transcript, Jane Doe said, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped,” three weeks after the alleged incident. The Tompkins County District Attorney now says the rape claim never crossed his desk. Tom Hanson reports. Source link
Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says he never saw a transcript of a conversation between an alleged rape victim and investigators showing what she told Cornell University campus police before his office decided not to bring charges. The transcript, which CBS News New York exclusively obtained from a source, shows the victim told…
